Most landlords do not allow you to make drastic changes to their homes or install new cabinets and shelves, according to your needs. Organizing homes remain a priority for busy students or office going people or even housewives with scores of other work to take care of other than children. Small apartments often have lesser space and if we are not organized, the clutter and chaos can make out very lives overwhelming, as we seem to spend most of our time finding for one thing or the other. Allergies to dust and bugs may make our life a living hell too. Here are some top-class ideas and tips to face the challenge of making better use of small rooms and areas in our rented apartments and homes and live more efficiently:

* Buy some storage units and keep things in the place they are needed. After using things, put them in their place immediately.
* Clutter or things to be discarded occupies much of our usable space and make our homes look disorganized and makes us loose our precious time in finding little things that keep disappearing in it. So get rid of it now!
* Don't leave things undone. Pay those bills, file paper properly, do the dishes on time and mend the leaking taps and squeaking doors. Work finished helps us to relax better and avoids much of the clutter.
* Remember the lesson - 'Make a place for everything and keep everything in its place.'
* Transform your junk drawer into a neatly organized storage unit by removing all items from it and lining it with a newspaper. Toss aside the things that are useless and categorize other things into families such as nails and screws, hammer and screwdrivers, wires of all types and other such categories. Make compartments in the drawer using separators such as ice cube trays, small boxes and containers and keep your things as categorized before.